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WoodSolutions provides details about the timber species and materials available for building in Australia. Whether you want to specify hardwood for structural or external applications, softwood for framing, or locate an engineered wood product suitable for your specific project, you’ll find a wealth of information -including appearance, common applications, durability, strength, workability, termite-resistance and fire-resistance.
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Acacia dealbata - Silver Wattle
Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood
Accer saccharum - American Hard Maple
Acer macrophyllum - Oregon Maple
Acer spp. - American Soft Maple
Allocosuarina fraseriana - WA Sheoak
Alnus rubra - American Red Alder
Backhousia bancroftii - Johnstone River Hardwood
Beilschmiedia bancroftii - Yellow Walnut
Betula pubescens - White Birch
Calyptus patens - Western Australian Blackbutt
Carya glabra - American Hickory
Ceratopetalum apetalum - Coachwood
Ceratopetalum succirubrum - Satin Sycamore
Cinnamomum camphora - Camphor Laurel
Corymbia calophylla - Marri
Corymbia gummifera - Red Bloodwood
Corymbia maculata - Spotted Gum
Dipterocarpus confertus - Keruing
Doryphora Sassafras - Sassafras
Dracontomelum magniferum - New Guinea Walnut
Dryobalanops Spp, principally D.aromatica - Kapur
E. delegatensis & E. regnans - Victorian Ash
E. delegatensis, E. obliqua & E. regnans - Tasmanian Oak
Endiandra palmerstonii - Queensland Walnut
Eucalpytus obliqua - Messmate
Eucalyptus acmenoides - White Mahogany
Eucalyptus andrewsii - New England Blackbutt
Eucalyptus australiana - Narrow-leaved Peppermint
Eucalyptus baxteri - Brown Stringybark
Eucalyptus bosistoana - Coast Grey Box
Eucalyptus botryoides - Southern Mahogany
Eucalyptus camaldulensis - River Red Gum
Eucalyptus cladocalyx - Sugar Gum
Eucalyptus cloeziana - Gympie Messmate
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa - Mountain Grey Gum
Eucalyptus dalrympleana - Mountain Gum
Eucalyptus diversicolor - Karri
Eucalyptus eugenioides - White Stringybark
Eucalyptus fastigata - Brownbarrel
Eucalyptus globulus - Southern Blue Gum
Eucalyptus grandis - Rose Gum
Eucalyptus laevopinea - Silvertop Stringybark
Eucalyptus leucoxylon - Yellow Gum
Eucalyptus longifolia - Woollybutt
Eucalyptus macrorhnycha - Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus marginata - Jarrah
Eucalyptus microcorys - Tallowwood
Eucalyptus moluccana - Grey Box
Eucalyptus muelleriana - Yellow Stringybark
Eucalyptus nitens - Shining Gum
Eucalyptus paniculata - Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus pellita - Red Mahogany
Eucalyptus pilularis - Blackbutt
Eucalyptus propinqua - Grey Gum
Eucalyptus regnans - Mountain Ash
Eucalyptus rubida - Candlebark
Eucalyptus saligna - Sydney Blue Gum
Eucalyptus sideroxylon - Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus sieberi - Silvertop Ash
Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa - Blackdown Stringybark
Eucalyptus tereticornis - Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus viminalis - Manna Gum
Eucryphia lucida - Leatherwood
Flindersia australis - Crow’s Ash
Flindersia brayleyana - Queensland Maple
Fraxinus spp. - American Ash
Gonystylus macrophyllus - Ramin
Insia Bijuga - Merbau
Juglans nigra - American Black Walnut
Liriodendron tulipfera - American Tulipwood
Lophostemon confertus - Brush Box
Melaleuca leucadendron - Broad-leaved Tea Tree
Nothofagus cunninghamii - Myrtle Beech
Pometia Pinnata - Taun
Populus balsamifera - Balsam Poplar
Prunus serotina - American Cherry
Pterocarpus indicus - Rosewood
Quercus alba - American White Oak
Quercus spp. - American Red Oak
Shorea Negrosensis - Philippine Dark Red Mahogany
Shorea Spp - Philippine Light Red Mahogany
Shorea albida - Balau
Shorea argenifolia - Light Red Meranti
Syncarpia Glomulifera - Turpentine
Syncarpia hillii - Satinay
Syzygium gustavioides - Grey Satinash
Tectona grandis - Teak
Toona calantas - Calantas
Toona ciliata - Red Cedar
Agathis robusta - Queensland Kauri
Araucaria cunninghamii - Hoop Pine
Araucaria hunsteinii - Klinki Pine
Callitris glaucophylla - White Cypress
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis - Yellow Cedar
Phyllocladus asplenifolius - Celery Top Pine
Picea abies, syn. P. excelsa - Norway Spruce
Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Pinus banksiana, Abies alba - Spruce-Pine-Fir
Pinus Caribaea - Caribbean Pine
Pinus elliottii - Slash Pine
Pinus radiata - Radiata Pine
Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir
Sequoia sempervirens - Redwood
Thuja plicata - Western Red Cedar
Tsuga heterophylla - Western Hemlock
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
Particleboard also know as Chipboard
Decorative Wood Veneers
Glulam
I-Beams
Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
Plywood
Roundwood
Sawn Timber
Structural Composite Lumber (SCL)
Treated Plywood
Treated Roundwood
Treated Sawn Timber
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